LEADER 03669oam 22006734a 450 001 9910953648203321 005 20240506022706.0 010 $a9781526101457 010 $a1526101459 010 $a9781526101464 010 $a1526101467 024 7 $a10.7765/9781526101464 035 $a(CKB)3710000000529350 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4921320 035 $a(OCoLC)981861391 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse59471 035 $a(DE-B1597)659446 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781526101464 035 $a(Perlego)1525989 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000529350 100 $a20150512h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe Open University$eA history /$fDaniel Weinbren 205 $a1st ed. 210 1$aManchester, England :$cManchester University Press, in association with The Open University,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) $cillustrations (some color), maps 311 08$a9780719096266 311 08$a071909626X 311 08$a9780719096273 311 08$a0719096278 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-276) and index. 327 $aCover -- The Open University -- Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of colour plates -- Foreword by Martin Bean, Vice-Chancellor of The Open University -- Preface -- Part I Creating a university of the air -- 1 The challenge of The Open University -- 2 Opening a castle of the air -- Part IIThe first two decades -- 3 Growth and acceptance, 1969-89 -- 4 Sensemaking and sociability: the first two decades of learning -- Part IIIThe OU since the 1990s -- 5 Convergence and divergence -- 6 Pedagogies promoting participation -- Part IVHalf a century of learning -- 7 Open to people -- Select bibliography -- Notes -- Index. 330 $aThis historical perspective on The Open University, founded in 1969, frames its ethos (to be open to people, places, methods and ideas) within the traditions of correspondence courses, commercial television, adult education, the post-war social democratic settlement and the Cold War. A critical assessment of its engagement with teaching, assessment and support for adult learners offers an understanding as to how it came to dominate the market for part-time studies. It also indicates how, as the funding and status of higher education shifted, it became a loved brand and a model for universities around the world. Drawing on previously ignored or unavailable records, personal testimony and recently digitised broadcast teaching materials, it recognises the importance of students to the maintenance of the university and places the development of learning and the uses of technology for education over the course of half a century within a wider social and economic perspective. 606 $aEDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General$2bisacsh 608 $aHistory. 610 $aHarold Wilson. 610 $aOpen University. 610 $abusiness model. 610 $ahigher education system. 610 $apolitical framework. 610 $apolitics. 610 $asocio-economic development. 610 $astudent-centred learning. 610 $astudents' participation. 610 $ateaching methods. 615 7$aEDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General. 676 $a378.1/750941 700 $aWeinbren$b Daniel$01806841 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910953648203321 996 $aThe Open University$94356237 997 $aUNINA